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Monday, May 30, 2011

Dusted Skipper

Yesterday The Toledo crew took me out to a few spots to see Dusted Skippers, and though the Karner Blues didn't show up, I was more than happy with the dusted as if was a LIFE butterfly for me. They are very rare in Ohio almost exclusively found in the Oak Openings area. There used to be a few in Southern Ohio, but they haven't been seen there for years. We also had a possible Persius Duskywing, but you pretty much have to dissect them to find the species, and that wasn't about to happen. Here are the Dusted Skipper Pics.
 
Note the white eye-ring and white face


 
Same butterfly, but with the ringflash this time.


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